https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/759463a8-c311-427f-bad7-157d54a4363e Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Produced by Coronet Films, "Use of Forests" (:09) is an educational short about the logging industry and the use of trees to serve mankind. It was released in March of 1949, and part of a series of natural resources films made in this era. Coronet was a major educational film distributor of documentary films for use in public schools in 16 mm format. The company’s most successful period was from the 1940’s to the 1980’s. David Smart produced the feature. Thomas Frank Barton; Associate Professor of Geography at Indiana University contributed (:20). Barton was heavily involved with the Journal of Geography. The film explores various types of trees across the continent and the myriad of uses of lumber. It dives into products created from wood including turpentine and cellulose. The film opens with an anecdote about a young boy searching for wood to craft a fishing pole with (:42). The boy snaps off a branch with a small knife (:54). The narrator mentions the branch’s connectivity to the tree and forest (1:06). He peels bark back (1:11). Bill’s father hacks at logs (1:16) and tree branches. Logs are sourced for firewood (1:25). Bill’s home was crafted from local wood (1:29). His mother gets the mail in a rayon dress also crafted from wood materials (1:44). A lush aerial shot of a forest follows (1:53). A map notes various species of trees (2:01) from the southern and western (2:09) portions of the US. A sight seer peers over evergreen forests of the Pacific Coast Mountains (2:23). Redwoods grow in California forests (2:32). Red cedar trunks (2:44), Western hemlock (2:48) and Western yellow pine are zoomed in on (2:51). Douglas-firs (3:01) tip over in the woods. Cranes drag up lumber (3:05). Construction workers construct a wood foundation for a new home (3:22). Wide panels of plywood are installed (3:45). Hammers kick nails in (3:51). A Griffin truck unloads (4:00) saw dust. Wood pulp flows around (4:21). Pulp is squeezed out between papers (4:47). A woman unrolls embroidered cellulose rayon (4:55). Cellulose film (5:01) is fed into an old camera. A kid unwraps a candy wrapper (5:12) made from cellulose. Plastic pieces are set out (5:28). Waterproof glue (5:30) is used for resin. Turpentine (5:38) and maple syrup are produced (5:48). Bill fishes in a creek in the forest (6:14). A deer wanders through the trees (6:35). Mountain streams bubble over rock (6:47). Water runs up against clay colored hills (7:05). A sign sticks in the lawn of the University of Washington College of Forestry (7:33). Forest rangers man the observation tower (7:50). Logs move up the conveyor belt (8:06). A logger marks the tree with an axe (8:30). Logs are pushed behind a tractor (8:38). Foresters’ plant new trees (9:03). The End(9:59).  Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg1HgBGGStE Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:28:37 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/759463a8-c311-427f-bad7-157d54a4363e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.